EIGHTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK-PART XI. 795 



Buckwheat — Practically none raised. 



Millet — Small amount produced, but of good quality. 



Sorghum — None raised. 



Timothy — Very good quality and an average yield. 



Clover — Fair crop, not well filled out. 



Prairie Hay — Good yield and good quality. 



Other Grains and Grasses — The pasturage was good for summer and 

 fall, but backward in the spring. 



Potatoes — Good quality and good yield. 



Vegetables — Plentiful. 



Apples — The quality is not up to standard, but every mature orchard 

 seems to be well filled. 



Other Fruits — Strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, grapes, pears 

 and peaches were very light yield. 



Cattlf: — There will be a large number of cattle fed this year. 



Horses — Are not so plentiful and are high in price. 



Swine — Cholera is depleting the herds and shoats are high priced. 



Sheep — Are quite plentiful and the better breeds are much in evidence. 



Poultry — Plentiful and some very fine flocks. 



Bees — Not many in this county. 



Drainage — Well tiled out. 



Lands — Price ranges from $65 to $135 per acre, rents from $3 to $5 

 per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held at Sutherland, September 3 to 6. Good exhibits 

 and a success as a fair. 



OBRIEN. 



Joe Morton, Sheldon, September 28, 1907. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — The general condition of 

 crops is below the average, about seventy-five per cent of a usual crop. 

 The season was cold, wet and backward. 



Corn — Fair quality, and about seventy-five per cent of an average 

 crop. 



Oats — Poor quality, and about sixty per cent of a full crop. 



Wheat — Poor quality, and forty per cent of the usual crop. 



Rye — None raised. 



Barley — Fair quality, and about sixty per cent of full crop. 



Flax — Average crop and of a good quality. 



Buckwheat — None raised. 



Millet — Average crop and good quality. 



Sorghum — None raised. 



Timothy — Average crop and of good quality. 



Clover — Average crop and a fair quality. 



Prairie Hay' — Average crop. 



Potatoes — Good crop and good quality. 



Vegetables — Good. 



